In Australia, Adolf Alexander Fitzgerald (1890-1969) was the outstanding accounting figure of his time. Practitioner, academic, lecturer, writer and editor, researcher, advisor to governments and active participant in many economic, financial and...
Depreciation allowances -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain;Depreciation allowances -- Law and legislation -- United States
This paper examines and contrasts nineteenth century case law in Great Britain and the United States in which courts had to decide whether to accept accounting concepts having to do with making provisions for depreciation, amortization and...